Claridge Icon

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Claridge Icon
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Claridge Icon
Claridge Icon
General information
Status Topped-out
Address805 Carling Ave
Town or city Ottawa
CountryCanada
Coordinates 45°23′53″N75°42′27″W / 45.3981°N 75.7075°W / 45.3981; -75.7075
Groundbreaking2015
Topped-out2019
Completed2022
Opened2022
Height143 m (469 ft)
Technical details
Floor count45
Floor area22,047 m2 (237,310 sq ft)
Grounds1,646 m2 (17,720 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architecture firm Hariri Pontarini Architects
DeveloperClaridge Homes
EngineerSmith + Andersen
Main contractorBellai Brothers Construction
Other information
Number of units320
Parking303
Website
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The Claridge Icon is a 45-storey condominium tower in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Carling Avenue and Preston Street in Little Italy. [1] [3] When the structure topped out in 2019, it became the tallest building in Ottawa since 1971 and the tallest in Ottawa-Gatineau since 1978.

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Construction pit for the foundation of Claridge Icon, June 2017 Claridge Icon construction pit.jpg
Construction pit for the foundation of Claridge Icon, June 2017

The building was designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects and built by Claridge Homes. [3] It has suffered lengthy delays. When first announced in 2012, Claridge aimed for opening in late 2016. [4] Once construction had begun in 2015, it was planned to be ready for occupancy in 2018. [5]

Early during construction in March 2016, a worker was struck and killed by a 12-metre (39 ft) chunk of ice that fell from the side of the construction pit. [6] This resulted in a year-long delay and charges against the developer and main contractor (which were fined $325,000 each in May 2019). [7] Construction work was halted again in March 2018 when a worker fell 3 metres (10 ft) from a platform and suffered a head injury. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Claridge Icon - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat . Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. "Development Application Search - Application Details # D07-12-13-0108". app01.ottawa.ca. City of Ottawa. Retrieved 1 August 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. 1 2 "Claridge Icon Condo Ottawa". Ottawa's Condominiums. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  4. "Ottawa's tallest building planned for Little Italy". ottawa.ctvnews.ca/. CTV News. 1 May 2012. Archived from the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. James Bagnall (28 January 2020). "Can Ottawa support the new and proposed high-rise condos along its LRT line?". ottawacitizen.com. Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  6. Kristy Nease; Judy Trinh (23 March 2016). "Ice concerns raised before Ottawa construction worker killed, labour leader says". cbc.ca. CBC News. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  7. Gary Dimmock (30 May 2019). "The deadly cost of Ottawa's tallest condo: Olivier Bruneau, 24, killed in unsafe job site". ottawacitizen.com. Ottawa Citizen . Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  8. "Stop work order issued at Claridge Icon construction site". ottawa.ctvnews.ca. CTV News. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2019.